On his great new album Reloaded, Roc Marciano perfects a sort of impressionistic reflection of the New York headknock music of the mid-'90s. And similarly, in the video for album standoutu "76,"…   Read Story »

Roc Marciano's spaced-out and beautifully written Reloaded is one of the year's best rap albums, and now it has its first video. In the clip for "Deeper," Roc Marci and friends take over a…   Read Story »

Here are the things I remember about the Flipmode Squad, Busta Rhymes' late-'90s rap crew: Rah Digga, the female rapper with the supremely tough and husky voice, who went on to a pretty decent solo…   Read Story »

Back in 2010, the Long Island rap veteran Roc Marciano released the stunning Marcberg, a spare, haunted, word-drunk voyage into old New York tough-guy rap weirdness. The self-produced album slowly…   Read Story »

For a while now, Long Island rap veteran Roc Marciano has been making dusky, spare New York rap that recalls the mid-'90s without ever translating as retro-rap; his great new album Reloaded is out…   Read Story »

Two years ago, the veteran Long Island rapper Roc Marciano released the great self-produced solo album Marcberg, which took classic New York headknock rap and made it something weed-infused and…   Read Story »

We've already heard "Special Effects," the Action Bronson/Himanshu collab from New York rap bruiser Meyhem Lauren -- a track from Lauren's forthcoming Respect The Fly Shit mixtape, which he recorded…   Read Story »

The latest single from the cinematic, raspy-voiced Long Island rapper/producer Roc Marciano is called "Poltergeist," and it's a textbook example of the sort of fractured and low-key but tough rap…   Read Story »

The great and ascendant New York rapper Action Bronson has teamed with producer Party Supplies for a new mixtape called Blue Chips that's set to arrive in about a week. Below, we've got a video for…   Read Story »

On the heels of one Detroit rapper/Detroit producer collaboration comes another, this time featuring rapper/producer Quelle Chris alongside fellow Detroit rapper Danny Brown. This isn't the first…   Read Story »